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• Aaltje de Groot, Spanbroek († 1922)
• Aletta van Rossum, Haarzuilens († 1870)
• Abeltje Nienhuis, Wirdum, Groningen, Nederland († 1937)
• Andreas van den Haak, Vinkenveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
• Akke Veltman, Stavoren († 1915)
• Albert Sterken, Smilde (Drenthe Nederland)
• Albert Sterken, Smilde († 1939)
• Alida Cornelia de Jongh, Est, Nederland († 1862)
• Andreas van den Haak, Vinkeveen en Waverveen († 1947)
• Adrianus van Koesveld, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1890)

• Bartje Brouwer (1), Nijkerk (GL)
• Bouwe de Vries (60), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Adelheid Brinker (60), Twist-Hesepertwist
• Antonet Jansen (18), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Arina De BRUIN (5), Sliedrecht
• Antje Aukes Reinsma (57), Bolsward
• Andries van Rij (36), Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• bastiaan RITMEESTER (7), 's-gravendeel
• Bouwe Sybrens de Vries (59), Harlingen
• Augustus Henricus Antonius Wertenbroek (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1847 » Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer, conductor, and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra († 1907)
• 1848 » Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic († 1906)
• 1854 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1912)
• 1858 » Georgia Hopley, American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent († 1944)
• 1863 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet († 1933)
• 1863 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary († 1922)
• 1863 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation († 1951)
• 1872 » Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic († 1952)
• 1872 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer († 1930)
• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)

• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
• September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.

The temperature on April 29, 1861 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.